The "money quote" in the story is his landlady's characterization of the Facebook felon: In the end, she called Mulqueen “ineffectual, sort of the legend in his own mind. This was all the Internet, you know.”

Once again, this is why the whole "the people will rise up and water the tree of liberty with the blood of liberals" threats of secession and revolution are stupid. Every now and then, one of these doods will do something stoopid or violent. And he'll be arrested and prosecuted, or if he's effective enough, killed in action. His friends who all promised to join him in glorious jihad against the criminal American government will all shuffle their feet, glance up at the sky and whistle softly, as if to say "who, me? I'm kinda busy today"...

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The Big Bad Bald Bastard is a character played by Monsieur _______ of the City of Y______. The role of the Bastard is a handy one to play on subways, walking the streets, and in dive-bars, when being a nerdy, bookish sort is not to one's advantage.